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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> In the PDP11 simh from a couple of weeks ago, the disk image files seem to default to simh format …. That’s what I’d expect –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current <b><i>git commit id: 054e8e56</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 rd54<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 enable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> attach rq0 foo.rd54<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>RQ0: creating new file<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> show rq0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>RQ0 159MB, attached to foo.rd54, write enabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> RD54, autosize, SIMH format<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> Looks good… But in the latest version, it appears to be stuck in RAW format!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current <b><i>git commit id: cc7721b9</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 rd54<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 enabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> attach rq0 foo.rd54<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> show rq0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>RQ0 159MB, attached to foo.rd54, write enabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> RD54, autosize, RAW format<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> It didn’t create an image file, and it’s in RAW format now. BTW, I thought RAW format accessed a physical device. There’s no device named “foo.rd54” – why don’t I get an error for that?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Worse, I can’t even make it use simh format anymore –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current <b><i>git commit id: cc7721b9</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 rd54 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> <b><i>set rq0 format=simh</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> set rq0 enabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> attach rq0 foo.rd54<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim> show rq0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>RQ0 159MB, attached to foo.rd54, write enabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> RD54, autosize, RAW format<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>sim><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s still in RAW format??!? Is it supposed to be like this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>